JP Favennec, energy specialist: "Despite the 4th wave of Covid, the economy is doing well"

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Oil installations of the Canadian Vermilion in Saint-Mery, in the Paris basin, in August 2017 (Illustration image) © CHRISTOPHE ARCHAMBAULT / AFP

By: Florence Thomazeau

6 mins

More than a year and a half after the start of the pandemic, economic activity is picking up again.

And with it, the demand for energy.

Tensions are high over electricity, oil and gas prices, with tariff hikes all over the world.

Jean-Pierre Favennec, professor at the French Petroleum Institute (IFP), Energies nouvelles and consultant specializing in energy is RFI's international guest.

  • Energies

  • Economy

  • Oil

  • France